Kremlin reports deadlock on territory in Ukraine talks, signals no concessions

Peskov made the remarks during a briefing on March 26, Russian state media reported.

He said there has been “no progress on key issues” in the talks, particularly on territories.

Russia has “not lost interest in negotiations” but intends to continue what it calls its “special military operation” — Moscow’s term for its unprovoked war against Ukraine.

Moscow is in contact with the United States and expects to hold the next round of peace talks as soon as circumstances allow, the Kremlin spokesman added.

On March 21–22, Ukrainian officials met in Miami with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry described the talks as substantive.

On March 25, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Reuters that the United States had proposed security guarantees for Ukraine in exchange for the withdrawal of Ukrainian Defense Forces from Donbas.

Earlier reports said a new round of trilateral talks in the Ukraine–Russia–U.S. format had been postponed due to the war in the Middle East.